Cause Word attachments to open in Word 2010

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Cause Word attachments to open in Word 2010

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Word 2010 is set as my default program to open .docx files. However, when I open a .docx file attachment to an email, Word 2016 launches and opens it. How can I cause the Word attachments to open in Word 2010?
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Why not ditch Word 2010?
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I will probably eventually transition over to all the Office 2016 applications, but not all at once. I am still trying to learn Office 2016.
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I'm not sure it is possible to do what you want.
Instead, I'd download the attachment to your hard disk. The downloaded document should open in Word 2010.
(In general, I recommend downloading attached documents, workbooks etc. instead of opening them directly from the email message)
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I think the setting within Outlook 2016 is set to use Word 2016 and over rides the Default system setting.
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jmt356 wrote:I will probably eventually transition over to all the Office 2016 applications, but not all at once. I am still trying to learn Office 2016.
They are very similar; the only differences essentially are minor new or improved additions in 2016. Once you migrate to the newer version, you'll feel at home with it in a few days. :smile:
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HansV wrote:I'm not sure it is possible to do what you want.
Instead, I'd download the attachment to your hard disk. The downloaded document should open in Word 2010.
(In general, I recommend downloading attached documents, workbooks etc. instead of opening them directly from the email message)
In both Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2016, I download all my emails and their attachments to my hard disk (they download automatically to my PST or OST files). Is this what you mean? Or do you mean I should copy the actual attachment to my emails to my hard disk?
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The latter: download/copy the attachments to hard disk.
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